Lausanne, Switzerland, July 23, 2004 - As per
FIVB-IOC Olympic Qualification regulations, the FIVB is pleased
to announce the Official Olympic Ranking for the 24 men’s teams
and the 24 women’s teams selected to participate in the Beach
Volleyball Tournaments of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.

Both tournaments will be played in a pool
play format followed by single elimination, starting on August
15 and finishing August 25. The Klagenfurt Grand Slam will play
host to the Drawing of Lots ceremony on July 31 at 7:30 pm (in
the Wappensaal) to determine the seeding of the Pools.

Women’sTeams

Country

Points

Men’sTeams

Country

Points

1

Walsh-May

USA

3'960

1

Ricardo-Emanuel

BRA

3'920

2

Adriana Behar-Shelda

BRA

3'656

2

Benjamin-Marcio Araujo

BRA

3'128

3

Ana Paula-Sandra Pires

BRA

3'474

3

Laciga M.-Laciga P.

SUI

3'018

4

McPeak-Youngs

USA

3'196

4

Dieckmann M.-Reckermann

GER

2'934

5

Cook-Sanderson

AUS

2'750

5

Heuscher-Kobel

SUI

2'792

6

Schnyder-Benoît-Kuhn

SUI

2'154

6

Baracetti-Conde

ARG

2'634

7

Pohl-Rau

GER

2'130

7

Blanton-Nygaard

USA

2'296

8

Tian Jia-Wang Fei

CHN

2'116

8

Kjemperud-Hoidalen

NOR

2'198

9

Lahme-Müsch

GER

2'110

9

Dieckmann Ch.-Scheuerpflug

GER

2'126

10

Celbova-Novakova

CZE

2'084

10

Berger-Doppler

AUT

2'044

11

Larrea Peraza-Fernandez Grasset

CUB

1'900

11

Holdren-Metzger

USA

1'980

12

Kadijk R.-Leenstra

NED

1'884

12

Schacht-Slack

AUS

1'584

13

L.Wang-W.H. You

CHN

1'710

13

Maia-Brenha

POR

1'578

14

Sfyri-Karadassiou

GRE

1'648

14

Prosser-Williams

AUS

1'556

15

Koutroumanidou-Arvaniti

GRE

1'600

15

Alvarez-Rossell

CUB

1'492

16

Gattelli-Perrotta

ITA

1'524

16

Bosma-Herrera

ESP

1'420

17

Dumont-Martin

CAN

1'460

17

Berg B.-Dahl

SWE

1'272

18

Lochowicz-Pottharst

AUS

1'284

18

Maaseide-Horrem

NOR

1'220

19

Glesnes-Maaseide

NOR

1'196

19

Nowotny-Gartmayer

AUT

1'102

20

Tokuno-Kusuhara

JPN

1'192

20

Canet-Hamel

FRA

1'056

21

Gaxiola-Garcia

MEX

1'152

21

Hernandez-Papaleo

PUR

1'052

22

Hakedal-Torlen

NOR

1'130

22

Child-Heese

CAN

1'034

23

Yanchulova-Yanchulova

BUL

1'100

23

Rorich-Pocock C.

RSA

242

24

Naidoo-Willand

RSA

408

24

Michalopoulos-Beligratis "Beli"

GRE

220

Any modification to the attached Olympic
Rankings may exclusively occur following the terms of the
Olympic Qualification Formula approved by the IOC and the FIVB.